Global scientific trends on hepatocellular carcinoma research from 2004 to 2023: A bibliometric and visualized analysis

Table 1 Top 20 productive countries/regions on hepatocellular carcinoma from 2004 to 2013 and 2014 to 2023

Rank	Country/region, 2004-2013	Counts, 2004-2013	Citations, 2004-2013	Average Citation, 2004-2013	Country/region, 2014-2023	Counts, 2014-2023	Citations, 2014-2023	Average citation, 2014-2023
1	China	7560	355391	47.0	China	35342	771552	21.8
2	United States	6209	455449	73.4	United States	10639	429837	40.4
3	Japan	5159	220507	42.7	Japan	5703	154556	27.1
4	South Korea	2099	100453	47.9	South Korea	3821	109114	28.6
5	Taiwan	1961	104682	53.4	Taiwan	3008	93549	31.1
6	Germany	1713	112577	65.7	Germany	2794	105542	37.8
7	Italy	1671	117403	70.3	Italy	2712	112447	41.5
8	France	1130	90151	79.8	France	1890	114798	60.7
9	United Kingdom	800	66208	82.8	United Kingdom	1647	86530	52.5
10	Spain	623	60447	97.0	Egypt	1266	21957	17.3
11	Canada	605	47512	78.5	Spain	1156	75027	64.9
12	India	369	16565	44.9	Canada	1105	48454	43.8
13	Australia	365	29447	80.7	India	1028	25435	24.7
14	Singapore	322	23992	74.5	Australia	796	32681	41.1
15	Switzerland	316	32718	103.5	Switzerland	749	44638	59.6
16	Netherlands	285	21782	76.4	Singapore	687	30524	44.4
17	Egypt	278	7396	26.6	Turkey	662	15840	23.9
18	Turkey	248	5655	22.8	Netherlands	650	25842	39.8
19	Belgium	229	20888	91.2	Saudi Arabia	569	9031	15.9
20	Sweden	207	13899	67.1	Brazil	552	12688	23.0